FRIDAY, AUGUST 01, 2014|

Posted by: Matt Howard

After a recent visit to my dad's house, I jokingly teased him for the stack of AARP magazines that occupied his bathroom reading basket. The covers of these magazines brandish old-guy favorites like Dustin Hoffman and Clint Eastwood, and their contents discuss geriatric fitness and how-to guides on haggling at Sears — this is all just fine, everything is in its right place. But AARP upturned this sense of comfort in the magazine's latest issue, which celebrates the 50th birthday of Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz. It's terrifying to realize that we're going to be sitting on the can, flipping through these sad pages sooner than we ever expected.